Table Talk: Or, Selections from the Ana. Containing Extracts from the Different Collections of Ana, French, English, Italian, and German. With Bibliographical Notices |
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... present vo- lume has been principally derived . Of these collections , the earliest , in point of date , is the Scaligerana , which professes to contain the opinions and conversations of Joseph Scaliger , and was published in 1699. But ...
... present vo- lume has been principally derived . Of these collections , the earliest , in point of date , is the Scaligerana , which professes to contain the opinions and conversations of Joseph Scaliger , and was published in 1699. But ...
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... present . Happening to ask one of them who had been absent , the reason of his stay , he told him that he was afraid of breaking in upon his solitude . II : MADAME CORNUEL . Madame de Ville Savin having died at the age of ninety - three ...
... present . Happening to ask one of them who had been absent , the reason of his stay , he told him that he was afraid of breaking in upon his solitude . II : MADAME CORNUEL . Madame de Ville Savin having died at the age of ninety - three ...
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... present to you a person who will give you immortality ; but you must give him something to live upon in the meantime . " XIV . THE CURATE OF ANJOU . A curate in Anjou , a man of very disorderly habits , had a quarrel with a sergeant of ...
... present to you a person who will give you immortality ; but you must give him something to live upon in the meantime . " XIV . THE CURATE OF ANJOU . A curate in Anjou , a man of very disorderly habits , had a quarrel with a sergeant of ...
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... present , he once endea- voured to turn into ridicule an abbé , who , accord- ing to custom , had assumed the name , without pos- sessing a benefice . " It is strange , " said he , " that we should have known each other so long , and ...
... present , he once endea- voured to turn into ridicule an abbé , who , accord- ing to custom , had assumed the name , without pos- sessing a benefice . " It is strange , " said he , " that we should have known each other so long , and ...
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... present at a discourse full of fire and eloquence , but deficient in solidity and arrange- ment . One of her friends , who felt an interest in the preacher , asked her , as she came out of church , * A similar story is related of ...
... present at a discourse full of fire and eloquence , but deficient in solidity and arrange- ment . One of her friends , who felt an interest in the preacher , asked her , as she came out of church , * A similar story is related of ...
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